Diane Huang: tell me about it. Many different versions of the game out there, and the videos stink for all of them. It is all Mahjong for people who already know Mahjong!
You can only learn Mahjong on the spot. Once you get into the 'rhythm', its much easier to play. To save time, its best to learn the tiles before hand.
@kfreckman 136 and 144 are the configurations for the standard Chinese version; the difference being the choice to include or exclude the flower tiles (as they're not really necessary for gameplay, only extra points). Japanese versions have an extra set of 飛 tiles; European versions sometimes have animal tiles and Americans have added joker tiles. You'll also notice the size of the tiles vary greatly from region to region; make sure you get Chinese sized tiles... they're more comfortable.
Gotta notice that at 0:50 the wind symbols appear in a different order than the narrator names them. She says "north south east west", but the order they appear is "north east south west".
The video is good providing you know how to play Interesting to see how fast they play The one shot of the tiles shows a bonus tile in the hand As far as I know if someone goes MAH Jong and the bonus tile is still in your hand it would make the Hand null and void because you would be playing with.a SHORT HAND and would never be able to go Mah Jong The video also does not explain the full basics of the game Fails to show what each set is made of of in order to make up a hand Pongs Kong’s Chi’s Pairs Also when and how the discarded tiles can be taken Different rules for the Three and Four in a set and taking Chi’s To a rank beginner this video would be very confusing Needs more details
Isn’t your summary of this game no different than any other timeless table top game? Where is this “stylized stereotyped” thing even coming from, and why haven’t you taught me how to play mahjong?
what about the style of mahjong that you download as game to cell phones and such? it´s kinda like Mahjong solitaire... I guess even the pieces should be different, because these ones must stay upright to hide from the other players, while on Mahjong solitaire they with their faces up, so the pieces must be thinner?
I've seen sources that say sets have 136 tiles, 144 tiles, an other numbers - does anyone know if this is a variation based on the style (American Mahjong, Chinese, Japanese, etc?) [Just started getting interested in the game, so I don't know)
i really don't understand how this game works this video is to fast and the noise is to high, i can't understand it clearly -- , and the star of the game it seems a little bit confusing , which one go first or the others..
If you're thinking of the single-player tile-matching game, that is a modern invention first released for computers, using images of tiles that were originally made hundreds of years ago. Mahjong is the name of the real-life game that has been around for centuries, obviously predating the computer (well, duh!). The 4-player game resembles rummy. It is unfortunate that the tile-matching game shares the same name. The first version that was released was called Shanghai. In my opinion, all solitaire mahjong tile-matching games should use that name to differentiate it from the original shown here.
